Curtain pole



Sept. 23 1924.

CURTAIN POLE Filed July 15, 1922 l/I I Patented dept. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. WARSING, OF CLEVELAND, OI'IIO; WALTER M. TOBIAS ADMINISTRATOROF SAID CHARLES A. WARSING, DECEASED.

CURTAIN POLE.

Application filed July 15,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Crrannns A. VVARsING, citizen of the United States,and a resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and the State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Inventions in Curtain Poles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pole for supporting curtains and whichcarries certain supplemental parts whereby a pair of ourtains can beadjusted with respect to each other, bringing them into either closed oropen position.

A special object of the invention is to provide means by which each ofthe curtains will be positioned or adjusted the same as the othercurtain, or by means of which a portion only of each curtain may beadjusted, leaving the remainder of the curtain hanging properly from thepole.

With these objects in view the invention consists of the novel featuresof construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claim, andshown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a longitudinalsection through the pole, a pair of curtains being suspended therefrom,and shown in closed position, parts of both pole and curtains beingbroken vertically.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view showing the method of securing acurtain adjusting cord to movable carriages carried by the pole. V

Figure 8 is an end view of one end of the pole.

Figure i is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Figure 5 is an end view of the opposite end of the pole from that shownin Figure 3.

in the drawing 1 designates a tubular pole longitudinally slotted alongits under side as shown at 2. At each end of the pole is a retainingscrew or stop post A pulley t is arranged in one end of the pole and apair of pulleys 5 are placed at the opposite end.

Slidable in the pole, as a track, are carriages 6, formed ofsemi-cylindrical blocks. Any desired number of these may be employed.These blocks are arranged in two sets, each set normally occupying onehalf 1922. Serial No. 575,159.

the length of the pole. The carriages of each set are spaced apart, whenthe curtains are in closed position, as shown in Figure 1, and areconnected by straps 7 and 8 respectively, said straps passing over thetops of the blocks and being secured to their upper faces through theloop 15. The inner end or abutting carriages of each set have stand ards9 provided with transverse bores and each standard is recessed as at 10,Figure 2, the recessed portion of one standard aligning with a bore ofthe opposing standard. A cord 11 runs over the double pulley 5 and thepulley l and passes through the stand ards 9.

Clamps 11 lock the cord to the standards, a portion of the clampingmembers being situated in the recesses 10 as clearly shown in Figure 2.Loops 12 to be engaged by curtains or curtain pins are carried by thecarriages 6 and work in the slot 2 of the pole. The end carriages ofeach set are locked in position by the screws or posts 3. Curtains 13and 1d are adapted to be suspended from the loops 12.

It will be obvious that when one end of the cord 11 is pulled thecarriages will move toward the pole ends, parting the curtains. hen theother end of the cord is drawn downwardly the standards 9 will be drawntoward each other, drawing the carriages inwardly, and they will beautomatically spaced by the action of the tapes 7 and 8.

What I claim is In a device of the kind described, a longitudinallyslotted tubular pole, convened blocks slidably mounted in the pole andarranged in two sets, the adjacent end blocks of said two sets havingupwardly extending standards each of which has two bores therein, thebores of the two standards being similarly located, a pulley carried bythe pole, a pull cord doubled on itself, said cord passing through thebores of the standard and secured to the latter and tapes secured to thestandard'carrying blocks respectively and extending across the remainingblocks of the sets and being secured to each of said blocks on its upperface, said blocks being adapted to support curtains, as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

CHARLES A. VVARSING.

